Improved washing-machine



uitrit games S. 'ILMCDOUGLL OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No; 96,247, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPRovED wAsHINMAcHINE.

The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent and making part of. the same.-

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. T. McDoUGALL, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, certain Improvements in the Construction of Tashingddachinem and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had.to the ac-` companying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved washing-machine.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same.

In the drawings, like parts of the invention arc indicated by the same letters of reference.

The nature ofthe presentim'ention consists in certain improvements,as more fully hereinafter described, in th'e construction of washing-machines, the object of theiuventiou heilig the production of a washingmachine simple in construction and easily operated.

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, the following description will be found sufficient:

A is an oblong hox, oneend of which inclines in-4 ward, in which are placed the clothes or other fabrics to be washed.

B are standards, placed very nearly at the opposite.

end of the box A, which standards support a crankshaft, C, having upon one end a balance or pulleywheel, D, and upon its opposite end the handle'E.

Upon the crank of this shaft is held one end of a rod, F, the opposite'end of which rod F is pinned in the arm G.

G is an arm, having its rear end slotted to receive the end of the rod F, and also' to receive the rear end of the-arm K.

'lo the forward end of this arm G, hinged so that they can be thrown up and away from the pushers or followers, arethc pounders H, for pounding and turning the clothes or other fabrics to he washed.

These pounders, H, for pounding the clothes, are

lsimply stripsof wood, of about the same 'width as the box A, secured-upon the tongue I, one strip being placed behind the other, the rear block being slightly7 higher than the forward one. f

If deemed desirable, the faces, so to speak, of these strips, may be corrugated or covered with India rubber..

Upon the interior of the box A, suitably positioned', are placed the stops a, serving to prevent the pusher-s or followers J from rising in the water when in operation, and compelling them, in a measure, to perform their duty, or the same can be effected by suspending the lever K. rfhese followers or pushers, which are intended to push or crowd the clothes or other fabrics forward through the water up to the inclined end. of

the box and below the pounders, consist of two blocks of wood, securely fastened upon the forward end of the arm K, the rear end 'of which is secured `in the rear end of the arm G. The faces of these pushers mav also be corrugated, if desired, and when 4the machine is not in operation, the pushers fall directly behind the pounders.

Wis a rod or shaft, secured in the box A, about midway its length, upon which is hung the arm G, carrying the pounders.

Such being the construction, the operation may be thus described:

The box A is partially filled with water, and the' clothes or fabrics to be cleansed4 are placed in -the same at its forward inclined end. Motion being imparted to the crank-shaft through the handle, or otherwise, the pounders are raised, and the 'pushers or followers at-tached to the forward end of the arm K, as shown, simultaneously with the rising of the pounders', by the revolution of the shaft, to which is attached the rod F, have a forward or advance movement given to them, and crowd or press forward or toward the inclined end of the bx the clothing or other fabrics to be cleansed. This movement ofthe pnshers or followers having been accomplished, by the continued movement of the shaft, the pounders have adownward movement given ',them, and are brought to bear upon the clothing or fabrics to be cleansed: and these operations are both repeated, the pounders rising andA falling, and the pushers or followers having a reciproeating` movement im parted to them, and both deriving their movement from the operation of the shaft C.

The clothing or other fabrics to be washed are thus constantly crowded up and brought lbeneath f the pounders by the pushers or followers, and at the same time, as the followers retreat, the downward motion of the pounders gives to the clothing or other fabrics a constant rolling motion. The clothing or otherfabrics are thus thoroughly cleansed, while the operation of the machine is exceedingly simple, and from the fact that the pounders counterbalance the followers or pushers, but little power is required to operate the machine.

Having thus described my invention,

The combination and arrangement of the connecting-rod F, levers G and K, pounders H, and pushcrs J, with the shaft W, and box A, when constructed as and for the purpose set forth.

. f S. T. MCD'OUGALL.

Witnesses:

L Srnnmr Doesn, J onu GLAsTAnTER. 

